Area Happenings 4/01/09

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

The sentinel
A lone Cherokee volunteer firefighter stands guard over a sizable fire after the fire department was summoned Sunday afternoon to rural Cherokee to extinguish a blaze in corn stalks.
(Photo contributed)

Down and out
Cherokee volunteer firefighters work from a tanker truck and by hand to extinguish a fire in corn stalks north of Cherokee Sunday afternoon.
(Photo contributed)

Power outage
A crew from Mid-American Energy worked Monday morning to repair a power outage in central and north sectors of Cherokee/ The outage, attributable to high winds blowing a power line into a transformer, lasted about an hour.
(Photo by Mike Leckband)

Way to go
The Cherokee Washington High student body stood to applaud the King and Queen candidates for the 2009 Tomahawk Relays scheduled here Monday, April 6 (girls), and Tuesday, April 7 (boys).
(Photo by Mike Leckband)